Tingsryd Municipality

municipality in Kronoberg County, Sweden

Key facts

Country: Sweden
County: Kronoberg County
Seat: Tingsryd
Total: 1,207.24 km (466.12 sq mi)
Land: 1,044.88 km (403.43 sq mi)
Water: 162.36 km (62.69 sq mi)
Density: 11.452/km (29.661/sq mi)
Time zone: UTC+1 ( CET )
Summer dst: UTC+2 ( CEST )
Iso 3166 code: SE
Province: Småland
Municipal code: 0763
Website: www.tingsryd.se

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Tingsryd Municipality (Swedish: Tingsryds kommun) is a municipality in Småland, southern Sweden, in southeastern Kronoberg County, where the town Tingsryd is seat.

The present municipality was formed by the local government reform of 1971 when the market town (köping) Tingsryd (instituted in 1921) was amalgamated with its surrounding entities.